Lexical Definition

‎תֵּימָא‎ Têymâʼ (tay-maw') Tema ^N:N-M-P
or תֵּמָא Têmâʼ (tay-maw'); probably of foreign derivation

Tema.

• § Tema = "desert"
• Tema, a son of Ishmael, and the region settled by him

n pr m
1) the 9th son of Ishmael
n pr loc
2) the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תֵּימָא‎ proper name, of a territory or people (Old Aramaic ‎תימא‎ Lzb³⁸⁵; in As Têma Dl^{Pa 301f.} Schr^{KGF 261 ff};= south country, √ ‎ימא‎ (compare ‎תֵּימָן‎, √ ‎ימן‎) according to Nö^{Ency.Bib ISHMAEL}); — ‎׳‎‎ישְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ ת‎ Isa 21:14, people Jer 25:23 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 'son' of Ishmael Gen 25:5 || 1Chr 1:30 ‎אָרְחוֺת תֵּמָא‎ (l. ‎׳‎‎אֹרְ‎) Job 6:19 Θαιμαν. Modern Teyma, northwest Arabia, Doughty^{Arab.Des.i, pass.}, especially 284-299 Wilson^{Hast. DB TEMA, and on inscription found there} Eut^{Nab. Inschr. 35} CIS^{ii.No.113.114} Nö^{SBAK, 1884, 813f.} Hal^{RÉJ xii, 111 ff.} Cooke^{195 ff}. I, II. ‎תֵּימָן‎, ‎תֵּימָנִי‎, ‎תֵּימְנִי‎ see ‎ימן‎.[‎תִּימָרָה‎] see ‎תמר‎.

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